spacecraft
noun
space·craft
ˈspās-ˌkraft 
: a vehicle or device designed for travel or operation outside the earth's atmosphere
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The outpost also has enough docks for up to eight spacecraft to be stationed at one time.
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 17 Mar. 2026
The satellite has even captured images of solar eclipses, thanks to special sun-watching instruments aboard the spacecraft.
—Brett Tingley, Space.com, 17 Mar. 2026
This is the 24th Cygnus spacecraft built, but 23rd to launch after the NG-22 mission was canceled when its spacecraft was damaged.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2026
The 10-day trip will send four astronauts around the far side of the moon in NASA's Orion spacecraft, launched into orbit by the most powerful rocket ever to send people into space.
—Briana Alvarado, ABC News, 16 Mar. 2026
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 17 Mar. 2026
The satellite has even captured images of solar eclipses, thanks to special sun-watching instruments aboard the spacecraft.
—Brett Tingley, Space.com, 17 Mar. 2026
This is the 24th Cygnus spacecraft built, but 23rd to launch after the NG-22 mission was canceled when its spacecraft was damaged.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2026
The 10-day trip will send four astronauts around the far side of the moon in NASA's Orion spacecraft, launched into orbit by the most powerful rocket ever to send people into space.
—Briana Alvarado, ABC News, 16 Mar. 2026
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spacecraft
noun
space·craft
ˈspā-ˌskraft
plural spacecraft
: a vehicle for travel beyond the earth's atmosphere
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